When you see the kind of news that broke today -- apparently Aretha Franklin has pancreatic cancer, the very worst kind you can get -- it tends to lend some perspective to silliness like the mania that has overcome Dkos lately.
We could all do with some sound advice from
THE ONE AND ONLY QUEEN OF SOUL.....
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In regards to President Obama's current situation, the lady has this to say:
What you want
Baby I got it
What you need
You know I got it
All I'm askin for ... a little RESPECT
In regards to the Bush Administration, she is succinct:
Chain chain chain
It's a Chain of Fools
(Cheney Fools)
If you're feeling a little down and blue, she knows just what you need:
I'm going riding on the Freeway of Love
In a Pink Cadillac
And when I try to think of what Aretha has meant to me I have to fall back on the words of the songwriter Carole King:
Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel uninspired
And when I knew I had to face another day
Lord, it made me feel so tired
Before the day I met you, life was so unkind
But your love was the key to my peace of mind
....with apologies to the songwriters....
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